Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
Choral Collection
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 1654347
for mixed chorus and body percussion
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677377
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 680485
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 759487
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 766099
Discovery Level 2
for: Women's choir (3 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566832
Spiritual (Pfingsten)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730167
Hal Leonard Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777674
Exigence Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1560819
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 840805
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), handbells
Choir score
Item no.: 1556352
Harold Flammer Easter
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125984
Traditional Irish Melody
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660830
Craig Hella Johnson Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533106
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1544206
Traditional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660829
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660802
13 British and Irish folk songs for two and three female voices (SA/SSA) a cappella
Choir edition
Helbling Choral Collections
for: Women's choir (SA/SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1667417
for mixed choir
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1542132
Voices in Harmony
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1633939
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1149425
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 909530
Chorus XXI
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611207
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano; melody instrument (C) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1664206
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1149424
Weltlich
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087129
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962092
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 887406
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121094
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1149454
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1557303
Andrea Ramsey Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1550943
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959122
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SAB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1563164
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532376
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004507
Misa uns santa Fe – Brass and Timpani Parts
Revised Order of Mass 2010
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, the parish, wind ensemble, rhythm group (piano, guitar, drums)
Set of parts
Item no.: 775035
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1093255
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105434
A Journey Through the Lord's Prayer
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 745310
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1327404
Tragedia lirica in due atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 696714
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087108
Klassik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1177478
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1551067
Konzertwerk
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1005260
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105491
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962308
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